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-# Cycles Python Client
+# Cycles Python Client — AI agent budget and action authority SDK
 
-Python client for the [Cycles](https://runcycles.io) budget-management protocol.
+**Python SDK for AI agent budget governance — enforce cost limits, tool permissions, and multi-tenant policies before LLM calls or agent actions execute.** Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, CrewAI, and any Python agent framework.
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+Decorator-based API for the [Cycles Protocol](https://github.com/runcycles/cycles-protocol): reserve budget up front, execute your agent code, commit or release — with concurrency-safe enforcement, automatic heartbeats, and typed reservation contexts. Install via `pip install runcycles`.
 
 ## Installation